Who does Kuwait rely on?

1. China$7 billion · 18.5%
2. United Arab Emirates$4 billion · 10.4%
3. United States$3.5 billion · 9.3%
4. India$2.4 billion · 6.4%
5. Saudi Arabia$2 billion · 5.3%
6. Japan$2 billion · 5.2%
7. Germany$1.6 billion · 4.1%
8. Italy$1.2 billion · 3.3%
9. France$1.1 billion · 3%
10. Switzerland$1.1 billion · 2.8%

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Of the 738 products Kuwait buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.

and 237 more

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Largest customer: China

17.3%

Concentration (HHI)

867

Concentration index (HHI): 867 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 12 customers of the same size

147 of the 261 products Kuwait sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Kuwait sells of that product; in 58, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 9.4% of what Kuwait sells.

and 132 more

The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).

• Trade profile of Kuwait
• Trade between Kuwait and China
• Trade between Kuwait and Egypt
• Trade between Kuwait and France
• Trade between Kuwait and Germany
• Trade between Kuwait and India
• Trade between Kuwait and Italy
• Trade between Kuwait and Japan
• Trade between Kuwait and the Netherlands
• Trade between Kuwait and Pakistan
• Trade between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
• Trade between Kuwait and Singapore
• Trade between Kuwait and South Korea
• Trade between Kuwait and Taiwan
• Trade between Kuwait and Thailand
• Trade between Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates
• Trade between Kuwait and the United Kingdom
• Trade between Kuwait and the United States
• Dependence of Kuwait on China
• Dependence of Kuwait on the United Arab Emirates
• Dependence of Kuwait on India
• Dependence of Kuwait on the United States
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.